Design: A cross-sectional analysis using survey data from 2196 residents of a low-income, African-American neighborhood. Measurements: Our independent variable measured the frequency of church ...

African American Christians were never monolithic ... and psychological needs of new congregants, black churches undertook social service programs. Few ministers were more aware of the impact ...

In an African-American, low-income community, about one third of the residents attend church regularly. Church attendance was associated with multiple positive health care practices. Those who ...

Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating 150 years of service to the Leeds area ... The church is the oldest African ...

American Black Journal’s “The Black Church in Detroit” series examines the 2024 election results and the role of African American churches going forward. Host Stephen Henderson leads a frank ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - A church in Gibson County is being renovated after being named a historical African American site.

An informal survey pinpointed more than 60 historic churches that have to have had predominantly African American congregations ... needed to get it back into service, and Live Oak Consultants ...

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A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to intentionally setting fire to three African-American churches in the US state of Louisiana. Holden Matthews, 22, admitted to starting the fires to raise his ...